GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| mendicant | beggar |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |